Whale Moves | VIX $16 Put Open Interest Surges by 59.41K; SPY $530 Put Gains 14.51K

Top 20 Stocks with Most Traded Options

NVIDIA (NVDA) experienced a significant decline of 6.87% with an option volume of 5.58 million and open interest at 22.62 million.

SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY) fell by 2.22%, accommodating an option volume of 5.05 million and open interest of 19.17 million. A notable open interest change was observed with the $530 put expiring April 30, 2025, which increased by 14.51K.

Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) saw a decrease of 3.02% with an option volume of 2.67 million and open interest at 9.98 million.

Tesla (TSLA) declined by 4.94% and had an option volume of 2.30 million with open interest of 8.73 million.

iShares Russell 2000 ETF (IWM) dropped by 0.96% with 1.21 million in option volume and open interest of 12.31 million. A notable open interest increase was seen in the $168 put expiring April 22, 2025, increasing by 7.11K.

Apple (AAPL) experienced a 3.89% decline with an option volume of 1.20 million and open interest at 5.57 million.

SPDR Gold ETF (GLD) went up by 3.25% with an option volume of 1.16 million and open interest of 4.28 million.

Ishares Iboxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) remained relatively stable with a slight decline of 0.01%, having an option volume of 1.13 million and open interest of 9.12 million.

Palantir (PLTR) dropped by 5.78% with 864.70K in option volume and open interest of 3.67 million.

Amazon (AMZN) declined by 2.93% with an option volume of 771.63K and open interest of 4.35 million.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) saw a significant drop of 7.35% with 753.48K in option volume and open interest of 3.92 million.

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) registered a slight increase of 0.56%, with an option volume of 553.96K and open interest of 6.48 million.

Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares ETF (SOXL) experienced a sharp decline of 11.89%, with an option volume of 540.61K and open interest at 1.71 million.

Meta Platforms (META) saw a decrease of 3.68% with an option volume of 537.54K and open interest of 2.16 million.

iShares Silver Trust (SLV) increased by 1.19%, with an option volume of 528.73K and open interest of 6.70 million.

ProShares UltraPro QQQ ETF (TQQQ) declined by 9.04% with an option volume of 518.03K and open interest of 1.28 million.

Strategy (MSTR) saw a minor increase of 0.30%, with an option volume of 411.18K and open interest of 2.25 million.

Intel (INTC) decreased by 3.12% with 396.16K in option volume and open interest at 5.93 million.

Alphabet-A (GOOGL) fell by 1.91%, with an option volume of 354.72K and open interest of 3.20 million.

Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM) saw a drop of 3.60% with 339.77K in option volume and open interest of 2.08 million.

Other Notable Moves

Significant increase in open interest for the VIX with multiple contracts showing notable changes: $16.00 put expiring May 21, 2025, increased by 59.41K, $13.50 put expiring June 18, 2025, increased by 25.86K, and $25.00 put expiring May 21, 2025, increased by 11.67K. Additionally, calls like the $24.00 call expiring July 16, 2025, saw increases by 10.35K.

The SPX had two notable changes with the $1000 put expiring June 20, 2025, and the $4450 put expiring May 16, 2025, showing increases of 13.52K and 6.32K, respectively.

The XLF had a notable increase in open interest with the $36.00 put expiring January 15, 2027, which rose by 12.05K.